Showing posts with label Hot Chocolate Cake. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hot Chocolate Cake. Show all posts

Sunday, December 23, 2018

Hot Chocolate Cake #Recipe @PegCochran



This cake is fun for kids and grown-ups alike!  It's easy to put together leaving you plenty of time to decorate the tree with children or grandchildren, wrap presents or to have ready after going caroling!


Ingredients:


1 chocolate fudge cake mix plus ingredients required for cake
1 8-ounce can of sweetened condensed milk
1 8-ounce package of semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 bag of mini-marshmallows

Cake:
Prepare cake mix according to package directions and bake cake in 9x13" pan. Let cool.

Frosting:
Spray a saucepan with non-stick spray.  Add sweetened condensed milk and chocolate chips.  Cook over low heat until chips are melted.



Add marshmallows to pan (save a few for decoration if desired) and stir until marshmallows are completely melted.   Remove from heat.




Let frosting cool slightly and pour onto cooled cake.  Frosting will set up as it continues to cool.



  MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!






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A Park Avenue princess discovers the dark side of 1930s New York when a debutante ball turns deadly in this gripping historical mystery for readers of Victoria Thompson, Anne Perry, and Rhys Bowen.

Manhattan, 1938. Tired of being trapped in the gilded cage of her family’s expectations, Elizabeth Adams has done what no self-respecting socialite would think to do: She’s gotten herself a job. Although Elizabeth’s dream is to one day see her photographs on the front page of the Daily Trumpet, for now she’s working her way up as the newsroom’s gal Friday.

But fetching coffee isn’t exactly her idea of fun, so when veteran reporter Ralph Kaminsky needs a photographer to fill in for a last-minute assignment, Elizabeth jumps at the chance. At the Waldorf Hotel, Elizabeth is tasked with tracking down the season’s “It girl,” Gloria DeWitt, who will be making her society debut. Working her own connections to New York’s upper crust, Elizabeth manages to land an exclusive interview with Gloria.

Then Gloria’s stepmother is shot dead in a Waldorf bathroom, placing Elizabeth at the scene of a headline-worthy scandal: “Murder of a Society Dame.” Now Elizabeth will have to get the scoop on the killer before her good name gets dragged through the gossip columns—or worse. . . .

From a Goodreads Review:

"What absolute fun! Penned with wit, humor and style, MURDER, SHE REPORTED gets my definite, “Yes!”

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Sunday, December 11, 2016

Hot Chocolate Cake #Recipe @PegCochran #Christmas Week

What's Christmas without something chocolate?  I saw this recipe online on a couple of blogs and thought it was so cute.  I used a chocolate cake recipe I've been using for years that originally came from Land of Lakes butter.  Then I combined that with the filling for another cake.  A delicious combination!

Cake Ingredients

4 egg whites (reserve two yolks)
1 cup sugar 
1/4 cup butter, softened
2 teaspoons vanilla
3/4 cup flour
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
1/4 cup water
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt

Heat oven to 350 degrees

Spray 15x10x1 inch baking pan (jelly roll pan) with cooking spray.  Line bottom of pan with parchment paper and spray paper with cooking spray.

Beat eggs whites until they form stiff peaks (don't over beat or they will be dry) 



Combine 2 egg yolks, sugar, butter and vanilla and and beat until creamy.



Add rest of cake ingredients and beat until well mixed.  Fold in approximately 1/3 of the egg whites and incorporate into batter (this will lighten the batter.)  Fold in rest of egg whites gently.





Bake 10 to 15 minutes until cake pulls away from sides of pan and top springs back when gently touched in the center.  

Loosen sides of cake by running a knife along them.  Let cake cool 10 minutes.

Sprinkle a dishtowel liberally with powdered sugar and a bit of cocoa.  Invert cake onto dishtowel and carefully and slowly peel away the parchment paper.



Lightly spray another piece of parchment paper the size of your pan and place sprayed side down on top of cake.

Starting at the short end, roll cake up in the towel.  (Cake should still be slightly warm or it won't roll.)  Place seam side down and cool completely--about 30 minutes.





Carefully unroll cake, remove parchment paper.  Spread filling evenly over the cake.  Roll cake up starting with the shorter end.  Place on a cake dish seam side down.


Filling Ingredients

8 ounces cream cheese, softened
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 cup marshmallow fluff
1 1/2 cups Cool Whip (in the tub)
1 1/2 cups mini marshmallows

Beat cream cheese and sugar until light and smooth--about two minutes.  Add marshmallow fluff and beat until combined.  On low speed, beat in Cool Whip just until combined.



Scrape down sides of bowl and fold in mini marshmallows.

Spread filling on unrolled cake then roll up again.


Drizzle chocolate sauce over cake and decorate with mini marshmallows.

 




From our house to yours --wishing you the very 
best this holiday season!



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